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Sen. Mitt Romney presses for "moral clarity" as Stanford student describes fear after campus banners
Summary
At a Senate roundtable, Sen. Mitt Romney called recent campus antisemitism "disgusting" and urged institutions to act. A Stanford student witness said she stayed in her dorm on Oct. 7 and criticized the university's delayed, "light-handed" public response under interim president Saller.
Sen. Mitt Romney said Tuesday that recent incidents of antisemitism on U.S. campuses "make me heartsick," calling them "disgusting" and "reprehensible" and urging colleges to take firmer action.
"As I see antisemitism expressed in this country, it is disgusting. It's reprehensible," Romney said at a Senate roundtable discussion. He framed the incidents not only as moral wrongs but as geopolitical vulnerabilities, arguing that "anything they can do to weaken The United…
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